Archives for July 19, 2018

None of the MPs from Rajapaksa family was present at the Parliamentary debate held today (19th) in connection with the revelation made by ‘New York Times’ that Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa had used the money he had received from a Chinese company for his propaganda campaigns during the presidential election in 2015.
Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa has gone abroad avoiding participating in the debate while his son Namal Rajapaksa or his elder brother Chamal Rajapaksa was not present in Parliament during the debate.

Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade agreement is against the law of the country, despite stating that it is a bilateral agreement between two countries. It is not a bi-lateral agreement says the Member of the Political Bureau of the JVP Parliamentarian Sunil Handunneththi.
He said this participating at the debate held in Parliament on the 17th about the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade agreement.

He did not name Gotabhaya Rajapaksa as the candidate for the presidential election in 2020 says the retired President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a statement issued to the media.
Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa’s media secretary has issued the relevant statement rejecting a media announcement that has been published over the social media that Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa had named Mr Gotabhaya Rajapaksa as a candidate for 2020.

The CID investigating the murder of popular rugby player Wasim Thajudeen has handed over two more DVDs containing the CCTV footage in connection with the murder to Colombo Additional Magistrate Isuru Nettikumara. According to the CID, the CCTV footage covers an area from the Laugfs supermarket and the scene of the crime.
The CID has also told the court that Thajudeen’s sister Fathima Ayesha had handed over two DVDs containing the footage in connection with the murder to the CID and these DVDs would be produced in court after scrutinizing its veracity.
The CID wants Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team to identify a person who appears in the video footage wearing a T-shirt with English letters. The court issued an order to Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team to provide a comprehensive analysis report.